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IN THEATRES

WHITNEY – July 6

Documentary about Whitney Houston from Kevin MacDonald, a capable director (Last King of Scotland, State of Play) and an Oscar winner for One Day in September, a documentary on the group Black September that held Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.

The new Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, and Jack Black is about John Callahan, while on his rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and wildly entertaining story about the intersection of race and class, set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland. It does not look great, but I’ve heard many people raving about it at the Atlanta Film Festival and so far the critics (for what it’s worth) have joined in.

After the unforgettable season of Westworld on HBO, they needed a replacement. Using the director of Big Little Lies, the producer of Get Out, Amy Adams, and the writer of Gone Girl, they seek to replace Westworld on Sunday nights with the new miniseries Sharp Objects.

A group of friends become divided when they attempt to decide whose father is better. As they grow older, the argument shifts to whose father is worst. Directed by Tyler Spidel. Starring David Spade, Nat Faxon, Joey Bragg, Matt Shively, and Dridget Mendler.

The plot centers on a mysterious apacalyptic event that turns the roads into mayhem and a young father who will stop at nothing to get home to his pregnant wife on the other side of the country. Directed by David M. Rosenthal and starring Theo James, Forest Whitaker, and Kat Graham.